hope resurrected

Father, we come . . .

with our doubt.
with our wanting to believe in full.

with our pride.
with our wanting to cease our foolish striving.

with our judgments.
with our wanting to be more accepting.

with our restlessness.
with our wanting to experience real life miracles.

with our questions.
with our wanting to know all things are purposed.

with our compulsions.
with our wanting to learn from past mistakes.

with our accusations.

with our wanting to quiet the noise that condemns.

with our brokenness.
with our wanting to know messy is actually Holy.

with our exhaustion.
with our wanting to be freed from all that binds.

with our willingness.
with our wanting to abide in peace, as we are.

with our hope.
with our wanting to rest in its smallness.

amen.